8.1% ▲ +39.0%
Higher than 61% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 5.9%
- 2016: 7.6%
- 2021: 8.1%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
4701, QLD · Postcode
Language in 4701, QLD
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
English is the dominant tongue in postcode 4701, where 85% of people speak only this language at home. While the variety of languages spoken has grown since 2011, the area remains far less linguistically diverse than the national average.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
About 8.1% of people use a language other than English at home, which is higher than most similar areas but far below the Australian figure of 22.3%. Only 1.6% of residents speak little or no English, a figure that is about the same as the Queensland average.
1.6% ▼ -4.3%
Higher than 73% of postcode areas.
- 2016: 1.7%
- 2021: 1.6%
Share of people who use another language at home and speak English not well or not at all. No 2011 figure — that census only asked proficiency of overseas-born residents.
Sources
- Census of Population and Housing — Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 (CC BY 4.0).
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Language in 4701, QLD [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA4701/4701-qld/topic/language